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Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:25 pm Post subject: Zimtsterne

Hi all,

I was reading an article on holiday cookies and was intrigued by zimtsterne, which was discribed as a flourless cinnamon cookie. All I can find are recipes with flour in them, are they wrong or is the journalist mistaken? Does anyone have a traditional recipe for zimtsterne?

Erin, there's a recipe for them in the Rose Bakery cookbook - with not a speck of flour. I don't know how traditional the recipe is (the introduction just says they are 'inspired by the Austrian star biscuits you find at Christmas'), but it certainly looks good.

I used to make these - they are tricky. I don't have the recipe any longer, but it was just almond meal and egg whites, sugar and cinnamon, I believe. I just saw one online, it might have been on Epicurious or else FoodTV.